Reviews on The Safest Place you Know (2)

Poetic and beautiful

The Safest Place you Know

A powerful story about two very different characters, written in beautiful and at times densely poetic prose. Hennie is 17 and leaves the family farm in the drought ravaged Free State and by chance ends up on a wine farm near Paarl, taken in by Antoinette who recently inherited from her father. Both have abusive fathers and are searching for connection and redemption. Other characters flesh out the complexities of life in South Africa. A great read and a writer to watch.

Takes one back to 80's South Africa

The Safest Place you Know

What I loved best about this great read was the way it threw me back to the 80's and showed me what I already knew but with new understanding. The characters come brilliantly and tenderly to life as people one might have known and represent different aspects of the culture we were living in. There is no 'politics' and the clever plot makes it a gripping story. This is the first Mark Winkler I have read and I will be looking for more.